Acromial stress fracture in a young wheelchair user with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a case report
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Acromial stress fracture in a young wheelchair user with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a case report
: Acromial stress fractures are rare and have not been highlighted as a potential complication of wheelchair use. We report the case of a 22-year old female wheelchair bound patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease who presented with a four-year history of shoulder pain which impaired mobility and quality of life. Plain radiographs showed a cortical irregularity of the acromion but no double-de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cases Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1757-1626
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-359